Appreciation for Rick Thomas

NCEMC president Donnie Spivey of Pee Dee EMC (left) presents a resolution of appreciation to Rick Thomas on his retirement as NCEMC’s CEO.

At its annual meeting in April, the board of the North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation (NCEMC) issued a resolution thanking Richard K. "Rick" Thomas for his 17 years of service. Thomas retired in April as CEO of the power supply cooperative owned by most of the state's electric cooperatives. The resolution included the following summary of his career:

He devoted more than two decades of his professional career to electric cooperatives and the electric utility industry.

He guided the construction of approximately 700 megawatts of combustion turbine generation that serves as a valuable peaking resource.

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